pathway to pedagogy
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Pathway to Pedagogy
Tracy Mendham, MFAKeene State CollegeCELT PresentationMarch 28, 2008
A Technology-Infused Curriculum
• Social computing as means of facilitating academic discourse and developing writing skills
• My top three picks of social computing for general use in different courses
• How to use them and why
So many websites, so little…dignity
By Stabilo Boss, on Flickr
Qualities I miss from my undergraduate daysAcademic culture “in my day”
−Academic discourse−Testing ideas in face-to-face discussions to develop critical thinking−“Face time” where when argues for an idea in a seminar or other semi-formal group discussion encourages identifying oneself with some−Writing as a multi-stage process and a social process
Academic culture today
−“Dancing bear” syndrome−Grades primary motivation—college as a hurdle−Classroom discussion either performance to meet requirements or to win a contest−Writing alone and for the teacher in one draft
Tools to extend the learning environment
• Top Three Picks−Blogs−Instant messaging−Online social networks
Blogs• Model continuous, ongoing discussions• Links to other blogs and comments
allow conversation and awareness of oneself as a member of a community of scholars
• Build audience awareness—the reader becomes a fact, not a theory
IM• Instant Messaging ss the new
phone… deal with it• Not as troublesome as you might
think• It shows that you to be the caring,
available, teacher that you are, and what long hours you work
Online Social Networks• Most students already understand them
better than you do• Discussion forums with assigned
questions encourage students to identify with what they say and compose thoughts before voicing them
• Helps you learn students names and faces
What software needs to be for me • Free (for me and the students, if not for
the school)• Something I can learn and teach without
more than two formal training sessions• Students and other users don’t have to
download anything• Cross-platform (Mac or PC)• Advances specific course goals
Keeneweb Pilot Program•Uses WordPress:
−Two hours or more to learn−Powerful
•Allows multiple pages•Feeds are easy•No ads•Choice of lots of template designs•Supported by KSC instructional technology folks
•How:−Go to http://keeneweb.org and click “Sign me up!”
If you want a huge project you can have students create individual blogs
Or start out smaller: Have one blog, post questions for students to comment on
Or have use it for a project or to present your work
Meebo
Free, sign on to multiple accounts on one web page
Meebo Me Widgets
(Meebo-me widget in action)
Ning Online Social Network• Free (if you
can tolerate Google ads in sidebar)
• Not Facebook or MySpace--Less distracting, new environment
Keene-Ning
Students can ask questions of a member (like my gracious speaker Laura Clawson)
And they have assigned discussions to take part in
My Advice
• Stop worrying and learn to love the Web• Go to instructional technology brown-bag
luncheons and instruction sessions even for tools you don’t know about or need yet
• Have meetings with instructional technology liaisons and library liaisons (and listen to what they say)
• Make teaching a learning experience for yourself as well as your students
More Information• Web 2.0: The Machine is Us/ing Us , a short
video by cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch, and A Vision of Students Today
• Worker’s Playtime (Jenny Darrow’s blog)−http://keeneweb.org/workersplaytime/
• Mike Caulfield−http://mikecaulfield.com/
• Web 2.0 Teaching Tools−http://web20teach.blogspot.com/
You Know Where to Find Me−http://academics.keene.edu/tmendham
(academic website)−http://keeneweb.org/tmendham (T Blog)−tmendham@keene.edu−mendhamt on Meebo (instant messenger)−http://keenening.ning.com (Keene-Ning online
social network)−http://del.icio.us/mendhamt/socialnetworking
(explore my bookmarks on social computing)−http://del.icio.us/mendhamt/cool (explore my
bookmarks of all things cool)
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